The eight-day studio theatre festival organised by Northern University Bangladesh based troupe named Northern Theatre ended on Friday.
Traditional lathials from Nababganj, Dhaka displayed their tricks with sticks as a major attraction of the concluding day programme at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.
Sarbanam presented a number of folk songs such as Jhilmil jhilmil kore and Andhar raite chander.
Dr Abu Yusuf Abdullah, chairman of Northern University Bangladesh, was present at closing ceremony as chief guest while renowned artistes Shimul Mustafa and Ananta Hira were present as special guests.
Following the discussion, the host troupe staged the 7th show of its well-acclaimed production Krishna Shakun based on Kazi Nazrul Islam’s story titled Bhuter Bhoy.
Directed by Shawkat Hossain, the play features angels, whose longing for leisure and comfort caused them to lose their angelic power.
A flock of mischievous ghosts takes the chance and takes over the heaven ousting the angels. The angles become divided in two groups: one group wants to resolve the situation in peaceful way while another group wants to take arsenal action against the ghosts.
‘Nazrul wrote the story to educate people the demerits of idleness, greed and leisure. He also depicted the ghosts as the harmful tendencies of human beings and the events of the story also symbolically represent the struggle for independence of the Indian subcontinent from the British colonial power. However, the story has a universal appeal’, said the director.
New Age is the media partner of the festival.
-With New Age input
